Belt-btjckle



E. J. HAYDEN.

BELT BUCKLEl APPLICATION FILED SEPT-29, i919.

1,363,731 Patnted Dec. 28, 1920.

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BELT-BUCKLE.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1920.

Application med september 29, 1919. serial No. 327,083.

To @ZZ whom t 'may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN J. HAYDEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota., have invented new and useful Improvements in Belt-Buckles,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to belt buckles and has for its object theprovision of a belt buckle adapted for personal wear and provided withdouble clasps whereby both ends of a belt may be secured adjustably, aparticular feature of the invention being that after a belt has beenproperly adjusted a slight pull thereon will cause the clamping membersto firmly engage and lock the belt against movement.

An important object is the provision of a belt buckle of this characterwhich is so constructed as to eliminate the use of the pintle pins androllers commonly employed and which will be consequently extremelysimple and inexpensive in manufacture, highly efficient and durable inuse, and a general improvement in the art.

Another object is the provision of a device of this character which is adouble grip ratchet and a double ratchet buckle combined.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the inventionconsists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing inwhich- Figure 1 is a plan view of my belt buckle in use,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view therethrough, showing oneclamping member in locking position and the other engaged by a beltprior to being moved to locking position, and

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the clamping members.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral 10 designates abelt and 11 designates the body of my device which is formed of suitablesheet metal and which is longitudinally curved to conform substantiallyto the curvature of the waist line of the human body. The body portion11 may be suitably ornamented so as to present a neat and artisticappearance. This body 11 is formed U-shaped in cross section to provideside flanges 12 which have formed therein pairs of alined holes 13.

Disposed within the body 11 are clamping` members 14 which are identicalin construction and each of which is formed from a single piece of sheetmetal 15 provided at its ends with trunnions 16 which are disposedwithin the pairs of holes 13. Each clamping member is bent into theshape shown and includes a flange 17 which is formed by an abrupt bendand which eX- tends at substantially a right angle to the body portionof the clamp. Each clamp furthermore includes at its opposite edge aflange 18 which is formed by a less abrupt bend, as clearly shown.

lith the clamping members in position within the body as described, theoperation of the buckle is as follows:

One end of the belt 10 is inserted within the body and between the frontwall thereof and one of the clamping members. When the end of the beltis thus inserted it will engage against the flange 17 of the clampingmember. After the belt has been inserted the desired distance, a slightoutward pull thereon results in swinging the clamping member upon thetrunnions 16 until the iange 17 engages and firmly locks against thebelt thereby preventing movement thereof. It will be observed thateither or both the flanges 17 and 18 may have their edges serrated, asshown. After one end of the belt is thus secured, the other end isinserted into the other end of the body and pulled as tightly as desiredto effect proper adjustment, after which a slight outward pug will causethe clamping member to From the foregoing description and a study of thedrawing it will be apparent that I have thus provided an extremelysimple and inexpensive belt buckle which may be easily clasped upon abelt and which avoids the use of pivot pins, rollers, and the otheranalagous members commonly provided. It will be observed that, owing tothe peculiar construction, the end of a belt may be overlapped and heldwithout the necessity for the employment of belt straps.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of ymyinvention it is of course to be understood that I reserve the rightto'make such changes in the form,

construction, and arrangement of parts as will not depart from thespirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim A buckle of the characterdescribed oomprising a body curved longitudinally and U-shaped in crosssection whereby to include side ianges, said flanges being provided withpairs of holes, and clamping members disposed Within said body, eachclamping member being formed from a single piece of material bent toprovide a flange extending at substantially a right angle to the body ofthe clamp and also bent to provide a second 15 flange extending at avery obtuse angle with respect to the body of the clamp, the ends ofeach clamping member having formed thereon trunnions revolubly engagedWithin said pairs of holes, each clamping member being 20 uniform incross section throughout its length and having its belt engaging edgeserrated.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

EDWIN J. HAYDEN.

